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05 April 2015

A350 production ramp-up, as planned.

With pictures shown by Airbus of the MSN24 (TAM) fuselage join start last week, there are currently 17 aircraft in the Final Assembly Line.

Source: Airbus

The Qatar´s MSN9 is currently finishing test flights and will be delivered in coming days/weeks. The MSN8 is with the cabin furnishing as well as MSN10. All these 3 aircraft will be delivered in Q2/2015.

The next 3 aircraft for Qatar (MSN11, MSn12 and MSN13) are also under cabin furnishing activities and initially their delivery is planned for Q3/2015.

The MSN14, first aircraft for Vietnam Airlines is at C65 hangar with engine-installation and cabin furnishing has started. The Paris Air Show is a good opportunity for Vietnam Airlines to show their aircraft.

The MSN15-MSN16-MSN17 for Vietnam Airlines too progresses as planned and will be delivered in the Q4/2015.

3 aircraft for Finnair (MSN18-MSN19-MSN20) finishing the final assembly will be delivered before end of the year too. And next 2 aircraft MSN22-MSN23 will probably delivered in January 2016.

Source: Clement Alloing

MSN21, the first aircraft of the optimized configuration called batch3, is for Qatar Airways and is targeted for delivery before end of 2015.

Source: Airbus

The production ramp-up is going as planned and deliveries to airlines also, more or less, as scheduled.